February 15, 2009

A sojourn to the “Pearl of the South”

There are wonderful sea beaches which are strewn with white sands. The sun plays hide and seek with Mother Nature at Phuket endowing it with an eternal glory. Some beautiful places at Phuket include Phuket Aquarium, Bang Tao Beach, Karon Beach, Surin Beach, Patong Beach, Khao Phra Thaeo National Park, Phi Phi Island, Racha Islands and the Similan Islands. Not just glorious beaches and crystal clear sea, Phuket draws attention of millions by its tropical mangrove forests, nature areas and waterfalls.

Phuket boasts of an extensive range of hotels and resorts, restaurants, pubs and bars, nightclubs, shopping malls, golf courses and other entertainment options. In such a beautiful land you can easily find a comfortable accommodation. Phuket Hotels are renowned for the quality services and unique hospitality.

You can also relish in the historic grandeur of Phuket which becomes conspicuous at its well maintained museums. That is why Phuket Sea Shell Museum in Rawai is so attractive with its world class display of sea shells ranging over 2,000 species, comprising giant clams, ancient fossils and rare golden pearls. The Talang National Museum offers no less to a historian or commoner. You can learn more history behind popular Two Heroine's Monument, the mystery of Sea Gypsy culture, and also discover some of the interesting ancient artifacts.

At Phuket FantaSea you will be entertained by pack of 50 elephants, along with performers in elaborate costumes, acrobats, pyrotechnics, and stunning sets. There will be introductory fun theme park games and the usual souvenir shopping. It is extremely popular with children but nevertheless adults take equal pleasure from it. You will get a buffet dinner over here. Simon Cabaret is a Vegas-type all-male cabaret show with intricate costumes and lip-synching.

Phuket Zoo offers classy crocodile show, elephant show and monkey shows. Gibbon Rehabilitation Project is also an interesting tourist place. Phuket consists of more than 30 temples and monasteries but the Wat Chalong temple is worth a visit. With highly revered monks, Luang Pho Chaem and Luang Pho Chuang, his place is alluring for the patients requiring treatment for long term diseases. Both the monks are famous for work in herbal medicine and tending to the injured.

Tour to Phuket is incomplete without rafting, trekking and elephant rides. The Phuket Orchid Garden and Thai Village offers cultural and animal shows. You can get stunning views of beautifully colored butterflies at Phuket Butterfly Farm.

Phuket consists of some magnificent old mansions and Thalang road, off the Yaowarat Road, has a number of some oldest Sino-Portuguese style buildings. History becomes alive at Phuket and nature covers it with its ever gorgeous wings to make this place a blissfully pleasant landscape. Enjoy to your heart's content at Phuket and surely the city will beckon you to come back once more.